Thank you for visiting our Vendor Information page, where you can find information about vending at StrowlerCon on Columbus Day Weekend, October 8-10, 2010.

Our event is based on an old word, Strowlers, and a modern concept derived from that word. Strowlers is a 17th century English word that we found in a Dictionary of Thieving Slang from 1737 ::: “Vagabonds, Itinerants, Men of no settled Abode, of a precarious Life, Wanderers of Fortune, such as Gypsies, Beggars, Pedlars, Hawkers, Mountebanks, Fidlers, Country-Players, Rope-dancers, Jugglers, Tumblers, Shewers of Tricks, and Raree-show-men.”

The Boston StrowlerCon will feature three nights of concerts, with circus arts, dancing, and theatrical fun in between while the bands are changing out. During the daylight hours, we will host workshops and panels. In addition, we will have about 1000 square feet dedicated to a “Maker Showcase” (ie. better than an art show) showcasing inventors and tinkerers and artists that work in physical, touchable media, as well as traditional art media.

Vendors and makers will be set up in the foyer outside of the performance hall and throughout the space set aside for the Maker Showcase.

• Bands, musicians, presenters, and performers with merchandise will have vending spaces placed within the main vending area. This will hopefully increase sales for all vendors.
• Vendors will be listed, with an appropriate graphic and web link, in the Vendors List section of the event website.
• The base price for a standard vending table is $50, and includes one “Vendor Pass” for the weekend event.
• The base price for a priority-location vending table is $100, and priority will be given on a first-come, first served basis.   It also includes one “Vendor Pass” for the weekend event.
• Setup for vending spaces will begin at noon on Friday, October 8th. The general public is expected to arrive before 5pm on that day and remain active until the event officially ends at midnight on Sunday the 10th of October.
• Contact K Wiley to sign on as a vendor.

Advertising options:

• $50 – business-card sized B&W advertisement in the event program (design services are available.)
• $50 – visual “slide” in video projected sponsors slide show during “setup” and “stand-by” periods of the event (design services are available.)
• $250 – (per minute) full-motion video projection presentation w/ audio on main screen during transitional periods of the event
• Vendors are also encouraged to sponsor the event directly, for additional exposure opportunities (prices range from $50 to $1000 for varying levels of sponsorship and featured coverage at StrowlerCon.)

If you are interested in leading or supporting a workshop or panel within your particular specialty, please let us know. Additional considerations and publicity may be available to featured presenters.

Our ideal list of workshops would include: vocal coaching, songwriting workshops, juggling workshops, Maker workshops (sculpture, mask-making, electronics, etc), meet the VIP sessions, and panels on the various aspects of being a full-time traveler or being a performer or just simply Making Your Own Way.

We are also seeking submissions for the Maker Showcase. Please provide a written description, descriptive drawings, and/or photographs for consideration by our showcase jury. Please include details on how you intend to display your creative work, and whether it has any participatory/interactive aspects or whether you would like to schedule a “demonstration” period sometime within the event.

The Maker Showcase and the panels and workshops are the core of what turns this into a community event, and more than just some concert. They aren’t necessarily what draws people to the event, but they are what make it _into_ an event.

The main draw, of course, will be the music. Our main acoustic music acts, SJ Tucker and Tricky Pixie, are expected to draw at least 200 people per night. With the additional entertainment, we hope to reach 400 attendees on each night.

If we can make this event big enough, we are hoping to draw people in from all over Boston, Springfield, Albany, Hartford, New Haven and even as far as New York City. Our initial surveys have indicated interest as far out as Delaware and mid-Pennsylvania.

100% of the proceeds from this event will be fairly distributed to the entertainers at the event, and the production labor of the event is entirely volunteer.

StrowlerCon is independently owned and operated by Touring Music Collective LLC